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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-08-25

A curious outbreak of convulsionist
mania, analogous to those which occurred
from time TO time during the middle
ages, has shown itself at Agosta, in the
province of Rome.
For some weeks past the country peo-
pie have been laboring under the delusion
that the district is under the immediate
government OF the evil one, and before
retiring to rest they carefully place on
the threshold the broom and the salt,
which are credited with the power of
keeping off evil spirits. Many of the
younger women have epileptiform at
tacks, during which they utter piercing
shrielZs and are violently convulsed. So
serious had the condition of things be-
come that the syndic of Agosta found it
necessary to inform the prefect, who sent
detachments of soldiers into the district
in order to calm the apprehensions of the
inhabitants.
As natural consequence of this con-
dition of mental perturbation the coun-
try is overrun with quacks, who claim to
possess the only infalhble remedy for the
seizures. One of these nostrums, the
vender of which was making a rich har-
vest from its sale, was found on analysis
TO consist of earth, snuff and borax.
Three medical men who were commits
stoned to investigate the cause and nature
of this extraordinary affection came to
the conclusion that it was an epidemic of
hysteria.
They examined number of the suffer
ers, mostly young women, some of whom
were alleged to have vomited mills,
horseshoes and other equally indigestible
substances, while others barked like dogs.
Several of them were removed to Rome
for treatment in the hospitals there, and
measures have been taken to check the
spread of the mischief,
In milder degree this contagious form
Of hystaria is not infrequent, especially
in places where ignorance and supersti-
ton favor manifestations of nervous dis
order. The worst excesses of popular
outbreaks, ike the French revolution,
have been attributed to similar influences
and with every appearance of Justice
British Medical journal,
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Could Carry a Cow.

One Of the most remarkable instances
of physical training that l ever knew oc-
CURED In Pike county. There was
farmer who was a friend of mine near
Hollonville, who owned very fine COW
which had most promising heifer calf.
The COW died while the calf was very
young, and the calf, as the saying goes.
had to be raised by hand and Of course
as the farmers wife ''took hand in
its nurture and admonition, when the
heifer grew to maturity 'she was a
daisy" But let me go back to the sub
ject of physical training. While the
poor little orphan heifer was passing
through the first stages of grief for the
irreparable loss of her kind and tender
mother, she would seek sympathy from
every source, and early every morning
when my farmer friend would rise to
feed his stock the little orphan would
meet him at the door as he came out and
rub up against him and hold up her little
black nose to be caressed, and the far
mer, touched by these demonstrations of
affection and being a kind hearted
man, overfiowed with sympathy for the
motherless calf, and with tears in his
eyes he took it up under his arm and car
ried it with him to the lot and fed the
stock, and then would carry the calf
back to the house.
In the meantime the farmers wife had
prepared food for the calf, and then
would feed it. Every morning this was
repeated until it became a confirmed
habit of the farmer to carry the calf to
the lot and then back to the house to be
fed, and it became a part of the calf's
existence, and it would not eat at all
without this treatment. And thus it
went on; years passed, and the heifer
grew to be a large COW, weighing 500
pounds, and her growth was so gradual
that it was imperceptible to the falmer,
as he had accustomed himself to carry
the daily increasing weight, and it had
never occurred to him that there was any
more effort necessary to carry the full
grown COW than there was to carry her a
little, motherless, orphan heifer. Yet,
strange to say, that if the farmer was
called on to raise weight OF 200 pounds
he could not do it, but an 500 pound COW
was an easy load, simply because his
physical training was in that line.-Cor.
Griffin (Ga.) News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-08-25
A Sort of Careless style.

Now comes a tutor in penmanship in
one of the down town commercial
schools, who informs the club man that
the day of angular penmanship has
passed. 1t is English still in England,
for they don't change over there as often
as we do, but it is not the proper caper
any more in this country. Asked what
the thing in penmanship now is the pro-
fessor replied: ''Oh, sort of careless
style-as if the writer didn't care. The
idea is that it denotes independence, and
the American girl Of the present day
wants to make it appear that she doesn't
care q continental about anybody" So
to be in style, be careless. Chicago Mail.
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Keening Up Anncarances.

An Albany newspaper says that there
are families in that town who have got
the art of keeping up appearances re-
duced to science. When they want to
make their neighbors think that they
have gone into the country they are not
content with the old plan of shutting tho
front blinds and living in the bacl, Of the
house. They leave their newspapers on
the front piazza, apparently neglected;
but they take them in at night and read
them, at the same time Supplying the
piazza with old papers for the next day 8
masquerade. New York Sun.
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a New English Game.

A new game called ringoal has come
into favor in England this summer, and
forms an addition to tennis at garden
parties and Fashionable outdoor gather
ings. The game requires two goals in
the shape Of nets, grass hoops and sticks.
The hoop is thrown to and fro between
the players, the thrower scoring one
point each time that he succeeds in send
ing the hoop past his opponent into the
goal. This the other player tries to pre-
vent by catching the hoop on one or both
of his sticks, and if he is successful he
throws it back at his opponent, in order,
if possible, to get it into his goal.-Chi-
cago Times.
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They have had the jubilee fever very
strong in New Zealand. The Herald of
that colony contains abundant evidence
of the fact. Here is one advertisement:
"Wanted Two jubilee ladies want two
jubilee husbands. Apply 25 Queen
street. Here is another: "Nanted-
Jubilee wives, husbands, housemaids,
mattresses, housekeepers, barmaids and
general servants, can be lad for the ask
ing. A. Mcleod, 25 Queen street. -
New York Tribune.
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The World viii Be Brought to God Not
Through Argument, but Through Tes-
timony-The Christians weapon in the
Conflict Is Faith, Not Logic.
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Ashamed Of Jesus, that dear friend
0H whom lny hopes Of heaven depend?
mol. When ! blush, he this ny shamei
Ih..t no more revere bis uamp
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Lightning.R0ds on Churches.

The first lightning conductor upon 9
church in England was not put up until
1862, ten years after Franklin's discov'
cry. The spire of Saint Brides Church
in London was greatly injured by light
ming in 1850, and in 1764 a storm so
wrecked its masonry that it had to be
mainly rebuilt; yet for years after this
the authorities refused to attach light
ning-rod! The Protestant Cathedral of
Saint Paul's in London was not protected
until sixteen years after Franklin's dis.
covery, and the tower Of the great Protes-
tant church at Hamburg not until q year
later still. As late as 1888 it was de-
clared in Germany, on excellent authority,
that within space of thirty-three years
nearly four hundred towers had been
damaged, and one hundred and twenty
bell-ringers killed.
In Roman Catholic countries similar
prejudice was shown, and its cost at
times was heavy. In Austria the church
of Rosenberg, in the mountains OF Carln-
thia, was struck so frequently, and with
such loss of life, that the peasants feared
at last to attend service. Three times
was the spire rebuilt, and it was not
until 177s-twenty-six years after Frank
Inns discovery-that the authorities per.
mitted rod to be attached. Then all
trouble ceased. .-Popular Science Monthly.
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20 a hungry Christ, or like Hannah to maksa

20 hungry Christ, Or like Hannah to make
coat for prophet, or like Deborah to rotse
the courage of some tlmid Barak in the Lords
conflict, we did our work in such way that
it will stand the test of the Judgment And
in the long procession Of the redeemed that
march around the throne, may it be found
there are many there brought to God through
our rinstrumentality and in whose rescue we
are exultant
But. o We unsaved, wait not for that re-
ligious discourse of the future. 1t may come
after your obsequies. 1t may come after the
stone-cutter has chiSeled your name on the
slab fifty years before. Do not wait for
great steamer Of the Cunard or White Star
line to take you Off the wreck, but hail the
first craft, with however low a mast and
however small hulk, and however poor
ru lder, an however weak captain. Better
a disabled schooner that comes up In time
than full-rlSged brig that comes up a1ter
you have sunken.
Instead OF waiting for that religious dis
course of the future-it may be forty, fifty
years off-take this plain invitation OF man
who. to have given you spiritual eyesight,
would be glad to be called the spittle by the
hand Of Christ put ON the eyes OF blind
man, and who would consider the highest
compliment of this service, if at the close five
hundred men should start from these doors,
saying: whether he be a sinner or no,
know not This one thing know, whereas
I was blind now l see."
Swifter than shadows over the plain,
quicker than birds in their autumnal fight,
hastier than eagles to their prey, HE you to
a sympathetic Christ The orchestras OF
heaven have already strung their instruments
to celebrate your rescue.
And many were the voices around the thrones
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own"
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The Wren's Requiem.

A few months ago I was. spending
some time with friends in Southern 1lli-
nois. During my stay an incident oc-
Cured which astonished me not little.
1t was an early spring morning that was
awakened by twittering outside my
window. Looking out I saw two curious
festoons hanging from the sill and ap'
parently in motion. 1t was, in fact, two
semi-circles, composed of twenty or
thirty little wrens clinging together with
foot and wing. They clung there Tor
about two minutes, twittering mourn.
fully all the while; then suddenly, as II
by common consent, they broke loose
and flew away. Going out shortly after
ward found dead wren directly under
the window from which the strange fes-
toon had hung. 1t looked as though the
affectionate little creatures had been
singing a dirge over their dead friend.
Upon Consulting one who has made nat,
ural history life study learned that
this was called 1.-THE wren's requiem.
and is an established fact, though rarely
sean.-Chicag0 News.
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FACTS FOB THE CURIOUS.

Postofices were first established i9
Paris in 1852; in England, 1881; in Ger.
many, 1910; Turkey, 174O.
Fruit growers in the strawberry belt
in Illinois, furnished the chewing gum to
the girls who picked the bcrries.
The first bank ever established was
located at Venice, about 1850, and was
known as ''The Chamber Of Loans.
A boy at San Diego, CAL, is so electric
that by rubbing his hands over box or
a book and then waving his hand he can
lift the object from the table.
a Roman legion consisting of G;000
men, divided in ten cohorts, and every
cohort into six centuries, with vexillum,
or standard, guarded by tea men.
An old law is still extant in Virginia
which imposes fine of fifty pounds of
tobacco on q man who absents himself
from church one month without valid
excuse. ~
The title of Generalissimo is used by
the Spanish and Italians. It has been
used by the French, Cardinal Richelieu
being the first to take it. 1t is applied
to a general in chief who has under him
two or more grand division under gener-
ais. The English have never used it,
Quick upon the heels of the report Of
the death in Brooklyn of Henry Chatfeh,
caused by an orange seed lodging in an
intestine, comes report of like nature
from Norwich, Ct. There Miss Marion
Elsie Blackman, teacher in the free
academy, died few days ago from the
same cause.
A Maltese cat found a quail and her
brood that had been housekeeping in the
yard of A. A. Bruner at Chico, Cal, and
made prisoner of the female bird. A
whistle brought the male, and battle
ensued. The cat could not stand the
smart flap of the wings-in her eyes, or
the constant pecking, and released her
prey.
Ordinary Williams of Lumpkin, Ga,
has in his possession two corncobs which
are curiously formed. One of them
exactly resembles the hand of q human
being, the fingers being about the size
and shape of those of a human. The
fingers look like those of human when
the hand is perfectly closed. There are
six fingers on the cob. The long stem
to the cob resembles the lower part of
the arm. It came from his farm in Union
county. The other came from the farm
of Col. Boyd, and looks like the hoof of
a cow.
The total number of persons killed by
wild animals and venomous snakes in the
ten divisions of Bengal during the
official year 1855 was the highest in
the last five years, and amounted to H.
S23. As is usual, nine-tenths of these
deaths were caused by snakes. But Of
12, 22s buffaloss, oxen, horses and ponies
destroyed in this manner only 81 were
killed by snakes. These annual returns
do not take account of sheep, goats, pigs
and monkeys, the destruction of which is
very large. The hyena is credited with
the destruction of 773 head of cattle.
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What We Need.

The supreme demand, says Rev. DR.. c. 81.
Parkhurst, is for men who can point the
world to Jesus Christ, and can point with
steady, stiff finger, for the reason that they
know e1perimentally the saving power OF
Jesus Christ. 1t is very difficult even for the
Protestant clergy to abandon utterly the idea
of sacerdotalis1n, and to concede that their
order is invested with no redemptive func-
tions, and that it is the very acme OF Christian
preaching simply to lift the eyes of the peo.
ple to the cross and to him that was crucified
thereon. We cling with unconscious tenacity
to the idea that somehow we save people. We
are not thinking of ourselves simply as index
fingers and that other things being equal, he
will always be the greatest preacher TN the
true sense OF greatest) who can DesC polnp men
to Christ for the reason that he best knows
where and what Christ is. Hence the might OF
Luther, the colossus of the German reforma-
tion-tore one whole book right out of the
Bible and spat upon it, and yet made Chris
tendon richer, mightier, holier, just because
he had entered into the mystery OF God IN
Christ and could point the generation to
where he had himself gone before. Luther
was a great index finger pointing Germany
to the cross. He threw away the broken
mugs and smashed the dirty pitchers out OF
which the generations had been trying to
drink the bailed water of life, and conducted
them to the very edge Of the living fountain
flowing fresh and Iimpid. That was what
Luther did. And yet Luther, Martin Luther,
would have stood no more chance of receiv-
ing unanimous ordination at the hands of the
New York Presbytery, than he would of
being elected to the Papacy by the Roman
Catholic Cardinalate. And still this old here
tic, with his ragged Bible-Book of James
ripped clean out of it-did more to precipitate
the kingdom of heaven than our whole synod
could do, conservatives and progressives all
pulling together That blind man whose eyes
Jesus opened did not know much. He did
not pass any kind of all examination. He
could not see, and Jesus had opened his eyes so
that he could see. Tkat was all he knew.
Poor, little, miserable, shriveled creed,
hedged all around with alternating exclama
ton and Interrogation marks! And yet that
man, with only a thimbleful of ideas, and
kiched out of the synagogue, with his opened
eyes flushed with new born light looking up
gratefully into the eyes of the Lord, has al
ready enticed more souls, probably, into the
kingdom of the Eye opener and the Soulsaver
than you and I have, laity and clergy all
combined. The question is, who is the man
that knows the way to Jesus and can tell it,
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Be Kind to Your Horse.

Kindness with the family horse is Of
the utmost Importance. Always culti-
vate an acquaintance, and be on social
and friendly terms with him. If he is
tired and worn out, it is astonishing
how these little attentions will encourage
and cheer him up. When not in use
he should be given reasonable amount
of daily exercise. No animal will do
we'll without exercise. It promotes 8
good action of the limbs, and assists di-
gestion. The harness should be made to
ft. thus avoiding chafes and bruises. In
cold weather the lips and tongue OF the
horse may be made very sore by contact
with the frozen bit. The bit should al.
ways be warmed before being placed In
the horses mouth. Flies are very annoy
ing to horses, and the use of the net, or
some preparation that will keep the flies
away, is we'll repaid.
Care in driving is of the greatest i'm
portance. How often do we see an
animal driven until wet with perspira.
ton, and dotted with foam, standing
without blanket or projection of any
kind from the cold northern winds.
When in such condition he evidently
suffers intensely; besides the danger OF
contracting diseases, from which he will
never recover. If any law on our statute
book should be more rigidly enforced
than another, it is the one against fast
driving. When in use, blankets should
always be provided in cold weather. so
that they will dry without chilling.
Protect them from drafts when warm,
and either rub down, or let them stand
in stable, where cold air can not strike
them.-Ameriean Agricultural.
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Ten Rules for BatherS.

1. When suffering from violent excite
ment do not bathe.
.. When suffering from suddenly oc-
curing or from continued illness, do not
bathc.
3. After sleemess nights of excessive
exercise do not bathe unless you first rest
a few hours.
4. After meals, and especially after
taking alcoholic liquors, do not bathe:
S. Take your time on the way to the
bathing house or beach.
6. On arriving at the beach inquire
about depth and currents of water.
7. Umiress slowly, but then 60 direct
8 Jump in head first, or at least dip
under quickly, if you do not like to do
the first.
9, Do not remain too long in the
water, especially if not very robust.
10. After bathing, rub the body to
stimulate circulation, and then dress
quickly; then take moderate exercise.
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The Captive Birds.

We have somewhere read of a traveller
who stood one day beside the cages some
birds that were exposed for sale, ruffled their
sunny plumage on the wires, and struggled to
be free. A wayworn and sun-browned man,
like one returned from foreign lands, looked
wistfully and sadly on these captives till
tears started in his eyes. Turning round on
their owner, he asked the price Of one,
paid it in strange gold, and, opening the
cage, set the prisoner free; and thus he did
with captive after captive till every
bird was away soaring in the skies
and singing on the wings OF
liberty. fhe crowd stared, and stood
amazed; they thought him mad, till, to the
question Of their curiosity, he replied: II was
once myself a captive; know the sweets of
liberty" And so they who have experience
Of guilt have felt the serpent's bite, the burn
ing poison in their veins; who on the one
hand have felt the sting of conscience, and on
the other the peace Of faith, the joys Of hope,
the love, the light the liberty, the life that
are found in Jesus-they, not excepting
Heavens highest angels, are the fittest to
preach Saviour, to plead with man for God
or with God for man.-[Guthrie.